About 90 followers of the Shiite sect and the sect’s Governor-General, Kasimu Rinin-Tawaye were yesterday arrested in Sokoto State in connection with the assassination of prominent cleric, Sheikh Umaru Hamza Dan Maishiyya on Thursday. The men were said to have … read more
Nigeria has accused Pfizer of fraud in a fresh court case filed against the drugs firm over its alleged role in the deaths of Nigerian children. The government earlier withdrew the case – just as it was due to begin … read more
Gunmen killed a Lebanese businessman in his home early Friday in oil-rich southern Nigeria, police said, while attackers tried to ambush a truck carrying several foreign workers in what appeared to be a kidnapping attempt later in the day. Kidnappings … read more
AN Abuja High Court yesterday ordered the former Taraba State Governor, Rev. Jolly Tevoru Nyame and his Plateau State counterpart, Joshua Chibi Dariye to be remanded in Kuje Prisons. Two other former governors, Orji Uzor Kalu of Abia State and … read more
Nigerian consortium Bluestar, led by tycoon Aliko Dangote, has pulled out of a deal to take stakes in oil refineries after protests by trade unionists. Bluestar bought stakes in the Port Harcourt and Kaduna refineries in May in the last … read more
The Federal High Court, Lagos, presided over by Justice Mohammed Shuaibu has fixed August 3 for the hearing of the bail application brought to it by the embattled former governor of Bayelsa State, Chief Diepreye Alamieyeseigha. The former governor was … read more
Bayelsa State government has said it will not disclose the state of its finances, so as not to embarrass Vice President Goodluck Jonathan. It, however, said �if the EFCC will do its job well, some people should be running away … read more
(Reuters) – Suspected armed robbers shot dead a Lebanese businessman in the southern Nigerian city of Port Harcourt in the Niger Delta, the local police commissioner said on Friday. Felix Ogbaudu said the robbers locked the apartment block’s security guard … read more
Citing the barrage of criticisms that have since trailed its acquisition of the Port Harcourt Refinery, Bluestar Oil Services Limited Consortium, owned by Aliko Dangote�s Equity Energy Resources, Femi Otedola�s Zenon Oil, and Transnational Corporation yesterday resolved to vacate its … read more
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has repatriated a former Governor of Bayelsa State, Chief Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, from Dubai, United Arab Emirates. A source in the commission, who informed our correspondents of the development, said the former governor breached security … read more